Empress Chu

Chu Zhao and Chu Tang walked down the Yuxiu Tower together, but they didn't go directly to meet the wives.

"A Tang, please entertain my wives for me first." She said, "I'll go to see His Majesty and bring him here with me. I promised him that there is a banquet for him to finish class early."

Chu Tang replied that after becoming the princess, she was more comfortable entertaining the maids for the queen, and she went away surrounded by the maids.

Chu Zhao walked through the imperial garden to the harem, and just turned around the aisle when he saw a young man standing under the wisteria tree next to the palace gate.

Wearing an official robe, he is tall and tall.

Chu Zhao recognized it just by looking at his back, and exclaimed in surprise, "Third Young Master, you are back!"

Xie Yanfang turned around when she heard the voice, and the sunlight fell on him through the blooming wisteria, casting a halo on him.

"Your Highness the Queen." He saluted with a smile.

Chapter 6 Nosy

Xie Yanfang has not been in the capital for more than half a year.

After Chu Zhao returned to Beijing, Xie Yanfang also returned soon, but soon the Xia flood came again, and many places were hit by disasters.

Xie Yanfang took the initiative to invite Ying to monitor the government's omissions and resettle the victims. She has been busy for three or four months, but she couldn't come back after the work.

After the Chinese New Year this year, Mrs. Xie passed away.

Chu Zhao quickly walked up to Xie Yanfang and asked him to excuse him.

"I thought you wouldn't come back until three months later." She said, "Your Majesty also misses Mrs. Xie very much."

Old Mrs. Xie is the elder of the emperor, besides the posthumous award proposed by the court, Xiao Yu also sent Eunuch Qi to go there in person.

In fact, to Xiao Yu, Mrs. Xie and even his grandfather Mr. Xie were very strange, but after losing his mother, Xiao Yu became a little closer to his mother's elders, probably because that's where his mother came from.

Xie Yanfang walked forward together with her, and said: "Grandfather was originally in poor health when he was old. Back then, the family kept the matter of the prince and princess from him. Last year, he tactfully told grandfather. Sure enough, grandfather was hit hard. He almost died on the spot. Fortunately, Ayu is still there, and my grandfather has comfort and concern in his heart, so he stayed for a while longer, allowing us to arrange all the family affairs, and stayed with the family for another year before leaving."

The death of the head of a family will inevitably lead to some family disputes. Outsiders see the family as one, but it is not the case inside.

Mrs. Xie was able to have time to arrange her own affairs, which relieved a lot of burden for Xie Yanfang, a junior.

The two walked while talking, and soon arrived at the emperor's study.

"Third Young Master is back too." Eunuch Qi was also pleasantly surprised, and turned around before the two of them could speak, "This old servant will invite His Majesty right now."

Xie Yanfang said: "No rush, His Majesty's class—"

"Your Majesty has granted permission. You can finish class early today." Eunuch Qi said, then lowered his voice and pointed to the next door, "Your Majesty has ordered you to interrupt his class."

Xie Yanfang smiled, and looked at Chu Zhao again.

Chu Zhao smiled at him, and handed over the tea with both hands: "Don't blame me for spoiling His Majesty."

Xie Yanfang took it with her hand, pretending to be serious: "This is not an example."

Chu Zhao bowed his head and saluted with a smile: "Yes, my uncle taught me that."

Uncle——Xie Yanfang had just brought the tea to her lips, then hurriedly stopped, raising her sleeves to hide her laugh.

"Uncle!" A child's voice shouted.

Xie Yanfang put down her sleeves and looked towards the door. She saw Xiao Yu walking in. She hadn't seen him for half a year. The child changed again. He grew taller and his face became much wider. He had fair skin and eyes, and was wearing a bright yellow robe. There are still many things I have experienced, and the childishness is almost invisible.

Xie Yanfang stood up and saluted: "I see Your Majesty."

Xiao Yu waited for him to salute, and walked up to him in a few steps, with smiles and joy in his eyes: "Uncle, why are you back?" After saying that, it seemed inappropriate, "I thought you wanted to stay at home for more time." He asked again, "Is the family very sad when the great-grandfather is gone?"

Xie Yanfang looked at him with a smile, and after hearing what he said, she said: "Before he died, my grandfather specifically told me to come back to the capital as soon as possible to accompany Ah Yu. The old man is most worried about you. He said, the poor little child was born in the emperor Home."

Xiao Yu's brows darkened, yes, if he was born in an ordinary family, he would not have encountered so many tragedies in the world——

"No, no." Chu Zhao said from the side, "Fortunately, I was born in the emperor's family."

Xie Yanfang and Xiao Yu looked at her.

"Born in an ordinary family without parents, there are not so many people to support and protect you," Chu Zhao said.

Xiao Yu had already walked to Chu Zhao's side, smiling and calling out to his sister.

"If that's the case, it's impossible for you to follow me to enjoy the flowers today." Chu Zhao looked at him and continued, "I'm busy with three meals a day, I don't know what will happen tomorrow, so how can I have the mood to see the scenery."

Xiao Yu nodded: "Sister is right."

Chu Zhao took his hand: "And such a thing is not an if, there are many such children in the world at this moment."

Xiao Yu stopped laughing, and said seriously: "I know, although I am pitiful, there are people who are more pitiful than me. I want to be a good emperor, so that the poor people in the world can live better."

Chu Zhao shook his hand and said: "Your Majesty, great-grandfather will really feel at ease under the spring."

Xiao Yu smiled and looked at Xie Yanfang again: "Uncle, I will definitely not let my great-grandfather worry."

Xie Yanfang smiled and nodded: "Not only your great-grandfather, but your grandfather, your parents and mother will not be worried anymore."

Leaning beside Chu Zhao, Xiao Yu called the palace maid to change clothes, and asked Chu Zhao which dress would look good on the banquet.

"Your Majesty looks good in anything." Chu Zhao smiled.

Xiao Yu is no longer the six-year-old kid who thinks wearing pearls on his head is good-looking, he is already eight years old.

"Uncle, help me choose." He said, looking at Xie Yanfang, the son was wearing a common official robe, but it was completely different from the officials in the court, and he couldn't hide his elegance, "I want to be as good-looking as uncle. "

Xie Yanfang smiled, instead of being self-effacing or telling the emperor not to look good, he got up and said hello. He carefully looked at each robe, and after careful consideration, he chose a dark purple robe.

"Will this one be too boring?" Xiao Yu also discussed with Xie Yanfang, "The flower viewing party hosted by my sister has a lot of flowers, especially very bright."

"Because it's for viewing flowers, the flowers are competing for their beauty, and what people wear is a foil." Xie Yanfang said, comparing the dark purple robe to Xiao Yu, "Ah Yu is young and has fair skin, wearing this will not be boring. put on-"

He embraced Xiao Yu's shoulders, turned to the big bronze mirror, looked at Mr. Pianpian and the child in the mirror and smiled.

"It will look as good as I do."

Xiao Yu smiled, and without any hesitation, the servants in the palace changed the robes, and then turned around to let Chu Zhao see: "Is sister good-looking?"

Chu Zhao sat and watched, and said with a smile: "The third son is really omnipotent, this robe makes Ah Yu extraordinarily powerful."

Xie Yanfang smiled, took a good look at the girl, and said suddenly: "I'll also choose a robe for the queen."

Chu Zhao was startled, and wanted to speak, but Xiao Yu had already happily said, "Sister Chu wants to look the best." After saying this, he hastily added, "Sister Chu is the prettiest, I mean the dress is also the best. The best looking."

The child has really grown up and knows how to praise others. Chu Zhao laughed, not to disappoint, stood up and said, "Okay."

The ladies of the palace spread out one word in the hall, and the hangers were full of all kinds of robes, Chu Zhao was dazzled by seeing, she didn't know that she had so many clothes.

"Every season is a new work for the empress." The palace lady said, "it's just that the empress doesn't use it very much."

Chu Zhao is different from other queens. When Chu Zhao wants to go to court, he often wears court clothes, because there are many affairs in the court, and there are no banquets in the palace, so the regular clothes are just a few——

And the most important point, the emperor is still young, so he doesn't need to dress up as a queen to invite pets.

Women are those who please themselves.

Chu Zhao looked at the mirror, a little distracted. In fact, when she was a queen in that life, she had more clothes and jewelry than now. She spent more than half of her thoughts on dressing, but it was of no use. Her existence was not because of her beauty. .

No one in this life can make her serve others with color, and she will not serve others with color.

A light vermilion dress was held up in front of her, Xie Yanfang stood beside her, looking at the girl in the mirror.

The girl has also grown up, her face is long, her features are clear, and she has been sitting in court for more than a year, her eyes are as bright as stars, her upper body is light-colored, and she smiles in the mirror, showing her brilliance.

"Sister is so pretty." Xiao Yu said standing aside.

Xie Yanfang also smiled slightly, looking at the girl standing beside her in the mirror.

She is so pretty.

Just like when he was a teenager.

High-spirited, with a clear breeze and bright moon in mind.

Chapter 7 Small talk

When Deng Yi walked in, he saw this scene.

Chu Zhao and Xiao Yu were looking at each other's robes. The maids and servants were crowded with all kinds of jewels and hairpins in their hands. Amidst the brilliance, Xie Yanfang, who was wearing an official uniform, carefully selected them, or stared intently, and even picked them up on her temples. Let’s make gestures——

"Scholar Huang came to tell me just now that His Majesty is going to end class early today. I thought something happened. It turned out that His Majesty wanted to see Mr. Xie." Deng Yi said, "Your Majesty's heart can be understood, but Mr. Xie—"

He looked at Xie Yanfang who was standing surrounded by the jewels of the court ladies.

"Master Xie came back after a long absence and hurried into the palace just to dress up extravagantly with His Majesty?"

"I can't understand it."

Xie Yanfang picked up the beads and smiled: "Teacher can be understood as experiencing the life and death of relatives. I saw through the world and decided to have fun in time."

Deng Yi didn't think his joke was funny, but he still smiled approvingly: "In that case, Mr. Xie should send you to perform your filial piety in front of Mr. Xie."

Xie Yanfang didn't think what he said was offensive, so she laughed.

Xiao Yu couldn't understand what the Tai Tuo and Xie Yanfang were talking about, but he didn't think that they were laughing, just happy.

He didn't look disturbed at all, and even smiled, and a little indifferent.

He sat on a high dragon chair, and most of the time he couldn't understand what the officials in the court said, but it didn't matter.

He is the emperor.

He doesn't need to understand what everyone is saying.

"Teacher, you are wrong to blame Mr. Xie." Chu Zhao said with a smile, "It is not because of him that His Majesty skipped class."

She hugged Xiao Yu's shoulders.

"It's my palace who wants to invite His Majesty to enjoy the flowers together, and it's also my palace who asks Mr. Xie to help me choose clothes and accessories."

Deng Yi said: "Even though Niang Niang doesn't need to go to class, she also knows the truth that proficiency lies in diligence."

Chu Zhao smiled: "Teacher, just once, it won't be a waste."

"Ma'am, you let him enjoy the moon in autumn, look at the lanterns in winter, and go hunting two months ago, isn't it more than once?" Deng Yi asked with a frown.

Although Deng Yi did not personally teach His Majesty, he supervised the Emperor's studies. As the dynasty gradually stabilized, the Emperor also experienced the sternness of the Taifu.

He was strict with the emperor, and even stricter with the bachelors who taught the emperor. This year, the emperor's teachers were all changed.

After all, Xiao Yu was a child, so he was a little apprehensive facing the Taifu. The Taifu did not fear the emperor like other officials. The Taifu once said that he was appointed by the previous emperor to assist the new emperor.

It means that this new emperor can't do anything to him?Xiao Yu came up with this idea, although he never thought of doing anything to anyone.

Apart from being afraid, he also didn't want Chu Zhao to be reprimanded. Changing teachers was nothing, and he didn't care about these teachers. It didn't matter who taught him, as long as the Taifu was happy, but it was said that the Taifu could dethrone the queen.

"Teacher, it's me—" He wanted to admit his mistake.

Chu Zhao held him in his arms before he finished speaking.

"Teacher." Chu Zhao called out, "It's been such a long year, and I only played four or five times. It's too little. Your Majesty is still a child."

Deng Yi said: "The emperor is not a child."

"The emperor is also a child." Chu Zhao did not back down, "A person can only be a child once in a lifetime. It is not easy now, but how will we survive in the future?"

Deng Yi frowned: "What kind of nonsense are you talking about?"

Xie Yanfang watched them argue, smiled and listened without speaking.

Leaning in Chu Zhao's arms, Xiao Yu listened to the two arguing, and seeing the Taifu frowning no longer felt uneasy, and couldn't help but chuckle.

When he smiled, Chu Zhao laughed even more.

"Teacher——" she said, "Let him play now, enough. When he grows up, he won't be interested in letting him play. His Majesty will be a diligent emperor. Don't worry, Tai Tu."

Deng Yi didn't argue with her son, he just said: "Your Majesty, don't worry."

Chu Zhao stretched out his hand to push Xiao Yu: "The Grand Tutor agrees, Your Majesty will tell the Grand Tutor quickly."

Xiao Yu stood up straight and said to Deng Yi: "Teacher, after the flowers are admired, I will write a Fu and give ten characters to the gentlemen."

"This is teaching with fun, right?" Chu Zhao said beside him, "Teacher, don't be bored in the hall today, go to the flower viewing banquet with me and His Majesty."

Deng Yi said: "Thank you, ma'am, when I was a child, I had enough of admiring flowers all over the mountains and plains, now I'm not interested."

This was returning her words just now, Chu Zhao laughed, and looked at Xie Yanfang again: "Third Young Master, why don't you go with us?"

Xie Yanfang smiled: "I am different from Lord Deng. I still like to appreciate flowers. I have seen all the way on the way back, so I won't bother Your Majesty and Your Majesty."

Chu Zhao had a look of pity: "Master Xie, if you don't go, the most beautiful scenery is missing from the flower viewing feast."